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Re: more... [ghulet] by fintail
Jun 26, 2009 (6:24 am)
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Replying to: ghulet (Jun 26, 2009 12:57 am)

I like wagons too. That Country Squire looks amazing - the seller says it right, buy one rather than restore it yourself, and a Vista Cruiser is always cool. I also have a thing for vintage fog lights on period cars (my old car has them too), so I like that Pontiac as well, nicely optioned. I don't know why that 57 Buick has "new tires" that aren't wide whites - I hate it when people get the most obvious details wrong - laziness or cheapness, one of the two. The Corvair is cool too - you never see those wagons anymore.
 
The wire wheels on that 53 Buick seem a bit garish for a wagon - I can't imagine it having those when new, seems like a convertible option. 12 grand for an air horn system from a 61 International? The 62 Chrysler could be saved easily enough it looks like, and it's a shame the Buick with claimed celebrity provenance (I would like to see the proof) was modified like that.
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Re: HA!!! [ghulet] by lemko
Jun 26, 2009 (6:47 am)
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Replying to: ghulet (Jun 25, 2009 3:10 pm)

Shoot, about ten years ago there was this guy who wanted to trade me even-up a nice black 1966 Fleetwood for my 1989 Cadillac Brougham because he lost the storage for his car and needed a daily driver. I rejected the offer simply because I knew his car wouldn't fit in my garage. Also, I'd have had to really really go over his car with a fine-toothed comb. Who knows what issues it might've had.
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Re: HA!!! [lemko] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Jun 26, 2009 (6:56 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Jun 26, 2009 6:47 am)

Old Cadillacs are very expensive and very difficult to repair. They are complex cars for their time, and you can't just call up Year One and order a fender or trim pieces.
 
'57 Caballero -- not a bad car, but not a #1, so the price now offered, in the low 20s, is close to being correct. I'm predicting around $25000 top bid. If he's looking for $30K, he should be doing more detail work on the car---especially the engine bay, which is deplorable. He's already painted and re-upholstered it, so let's not plead "virginity" here.
 
International Ambulance --BIN price is sheer lunacy. Somebody is way out of touch.
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Re: HA!!! [Mr_Shiftright] by fezo
Jun 26, 2009 (11:43 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jun 26, 2009 6:56 am)

Yo, explorer! You have to stop putting nice MGs that I could drive to in there..... just saying.... Dang, that would tempting.
 
I liked the 57 Buick wagon. Good thing he wants too much.
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Re: HA!!! [fezo] by texases
Jun 26, 2009 (12:08 pm)
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Replying to: fezo (Jun 26, 2009 11:43 am)

"I liked the 57 Buick wagon. Good thing he wants too much"
 
Well, you're just the buyer for the OTHER '57-the rusty one out in the weeds.
 
How much can that guy be wanting? 'Reserve not met' - he's gotta be smoking something...
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Re: HA!!! [texases] by fezo
Jun 26, 2009 (12:12 pm)
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Replying to: texases (Jun 26, 2009 12:08 pm)

Yeah, I could build a model Buick out of bondo.
 
Hey, it only takes one sucker....
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Some Lead Sleds by tjc78
Jun 28, 2009 (4:45 pm)
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82 New Yorker
 
Plush Interior
 
Not a Bill Blass
 
This thing is Niiice
 
Absolutely beautiful!
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Re: Some Lead Sleds [tjc78] by andre1969
Jun 28, 2009 (5:03 pm)
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Replying to: tjc78 (Jun 28, 2009 4:45 pm)

Looks like a nice crop of battlercruisers there. I wish they had better pics of the '85 LeSabre, though. I can tell from the pics that it's a Custom and not Limited (Limited had nicer seats...although those seats are decent, and at least not the mouse-fur like my '86 Monte Carlo had).
 
I gotta admit, that '79 New Yorker has me drooling! Oddly, the base New Yorker with optional leather seats comes off looking plusher than the standard leather in the more expensive 5th Ave Edition. And a lot of customers noticed that as well, so for 1981, Chrysler switched, and made those pimpy, button-tufted seats the 5th Ave seats, while what had been the 5th Ave seats (more of an "X" pattern) the optional leather seats for the base model. I had always been under the impression that my '79 5th Ave stickered for around $12K new, but if that blue NYer stickered for $11,937, I wonder if my car was more?
 
That '82 New Yorker looks really nice, too. I really like that "Nightwatch" blue color. It's non-metallic, so it stays shiny forever (although my Nightwatch '79 NYer is oxydizing)
 
I saw an old beast at the GM show in Carlisle this past weekend that really caught my eye. 1972 Buick Centurion 4-door hardtop. White with a green top and green vinyl interior. Supposedly only had around 8,000 miles on it, but if so, it hadn't been stored very well. Carpet and package shelf were shot from water damage, and there was some surface rust here and there. Seller wanted $1800 for it. I thought it would've been a neat beater, especially with the 455-4bbl! I took a pic of it, along with some other stuff at that show. I'll post a link to it all once it's uploaded.
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Re: Some Lead Sleds [tjc78] by fintail
Jun 28, 2009 (5:05 pm)
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Replying to: tjc78 (Jun 28, 2009 4:45 pm)

Oooh, that 79 Andremobile has a very nice color combo. If I wanted an R-body, I'd go after that one.
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Re: Some Lead Sleds [andre1969] by tjc78
Jun 28, 2009 (5:15 pm)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 28, 2009 5:03 pm)

That '82 New Yorker looks really nice, too.
 
My neighbor had an 86 in white just like the one in the ad. From what I can tell not much was changed from 82 to 86. Chrysler had some nice interior back then. He put 250K miles on that car on the original motor and trans.
 
The '79 is pretty well equipped for not being the 5th Ave edition. Probably pretty rare optioned up like that.

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